Gold was opposed to segregation and equally opposed to integration. Certainly he did not believe that women or homosexuals should suffer persecution or discrimination. On the other hand, he was privately opposed to all equal rights amendments, for he certainly did not want members of either group associating with him on levels of equality or familiarity.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Someone claims moral opposition to discrimination but opposes equality to avoid intimacy with those groups.
- In plain terms
- He opposes discrimination but also opposes equal rights to stay distant.
- What can you take from it?
- Equality fears reveal hidden bias.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is distance a form of prejudice?
- What motivates opposition?
Another view
Not everyone who opposes rights is overtly hostile.
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